Error: When renaming remote branch name, old name still occur on BB with dead links 404

asi_lh

1. Create pull request.

2. Rename remote branch using
```bash

$ git push origin :fealure/CPT-270-old_name feature/CPT-270-new_name
Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To bitbucket.org:user_name/project_name.git
- [deleted] fealure/CPT-270-old_name
* [new branch] feature/CPT-270-new_name -> feature/CPT-270-new_name

```

3. Go to BB on previously created pull request and:

a. see old branch name in source side

b. click on target branch and get previously created branch name, click on link and get 404 not found page.

 

 

Theodora Boudale

Hi @asi_lh,

There is no way to directly rename a branch in a remote repository. What the push command is doing is deleting the old branch and creating a new one, so for the remote repo, this is a new, different branch.

That being said, we could offer the option to change the source branch in the pull request, which is something that doesn't work at the moment.

We have a bug report in our issue tracker about this that you can vote for and add yourself as a watcher if you'd like to get notified on updates:

• https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BCLOUD-13913

In the meantime, the way to work around this would be by declining this PR and creating a new one with the new branch as a source.

Kind regards,
Theodora